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For further information, contact:
Sandra Radford, ISSET
email: sradford@isset.org
telephone: +44 (0)2920710295
Rationale
The Augustine Report ‘Rising Above the Gathering Storm’ to the US Senate states that the inadequacies of science, technologies, engineering and mathematics (STEM) ‘research and education pose a greater threat to the US nation over the next quarter century than any potential conventional war that might be imagined’.
As we progress through the 21st Century, countries will strive to be more competitive in an increasingly challenging global market. All countries will rely on a work force that must possess scientific, technological and mathematical skills and knowledge combined with abilities such as creativity, analysis, process-thinking, and innovation.
Research shows that engaged and active learning, together with support and challenge from role models, offers the most powerful, deep and enduring learning. The development of these attributes needs to be complemented with a clear sense of the benefits to people and their communities.
The leaders and innovators of tomorrow need highly developed abilities in:
- Team working
- Leadership
- Problem solving
- Communication
- Critical thinking
- Creative thinking
- Presentation skills
- Self confidence
- Science, technology, engineering and mathematics
Novel ways in which we can engage and stimulate the interest of young people in science are much needed. Mission Discovery utilises the various aspects of space and human space flight to do just this.
The course was brilliant, the mixture of life skills and science was spot on.
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